GFO-24-301 – Environmental Sustainability of a Clean Energy Transition (Enviro-SET)

Overview

The purpose of this solicitation is to fund applied research and development projects that inform California’s transition to an equitable, zero-carbon energy system that is climate resilient and meets environmental goals. As with all infrastructure development, clean energy technologies have impacts on species, habitats, ecosystems, and ecosystem services. As the technologies evolve, this creates new knowledge gaps about these impacts and how they can be mitigated efficiently and effectively. In addition to the unintended consequences of energy technologies on the environment, these knowledge gaps can also add to the soft costs of clean energy development by causing delays in permitting or the additional costs of biological surveys and mitigation based on insufficient scientific evidence...